"The Gilded Age, A Tale of To-Day", by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) and Charles Dudley Warner, pub. by American Publishing Company, Hartford, "Sold by Subscription Only", imprinted "1892" on the bottom of the title page, copyright 1873; First Edition, later printing (first printing was issued in Dec. 1873-1874).

Twain's first novel, co-authored by his friend and neighbor Charles Dudley Warner. After the issue of this novel "Gilded Age" become a description of the 'Post-Grant' era of American History. The novel tells an epic story of Colonel Sellers and the Hawkins family in their relentless and convoluted pursuit of wealth, and their concept of wealth as a worthy end in itself. Wealth eludes them, often with tragic results...

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Original hard cover, collector's leather spine; 5.3/4" x 8.3/4"; 574 pages + one page 'Appendix', 212 illustrations, there is no fold-out map at the page 246. The blank margin of the pages 73 – 82 is c.1/4" shorter. The pages and binding are in very good condition. [l5fa]